Aircraft and instrumentation system for voice transcription of radio communications

Abstract

Aircraft instrumentation systems, aircraft, and controllers are provided for transcribing radio communications. An aircraft instrumentation system and an aircraft include a radio device, a display device, and a controller. The controller is communicatively coupled with the radio device and the display device. The controller is configured to monitor the radio device and recognize a voice communication received over the radio device. The controller is further configured to generate an electronic transcript of the voice communication and control the display device to display a transcript of the voice communication.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An aircraft instrumentation system, comprising:
 a radio device; 
 a display device for displaying information to a flight crew of an aircraft; and 
 a controller communicatively coupled with the radio device and the display device, the controller configured to:
 monitor the radio device; 
 recognize a voice communication received over the radio device; 
 generate an electronic transcript of the voice communication; 
 replace spoken word waypoints, spelled out phonetic alphabet waypoints, and combinations thereof in the electronic transcript with standardized waypoint identifiers; and 
 control the display device to display a transcript of the voice communication. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The aircraft instrumentation system of  claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to generate the electronic transcript based at least in part on local variations in phonetic alphabets. 
     
     
       3. The aircraft instrumentation system of  claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to identify a call sign based on one of an abbreviated call sign, a variation on the call sign, an end portion of the call sign, and combinations thereof. 
     
     
       4. The aircraft instrumentation system of  claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to filter the voice communication to remove non-standard aviation phrases. 
     
     
       5. The aircraft instrumentation system of  claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to identify at least one of an airway, a waypoint, a navigation aid, and an airport within the voice communication. 
     
     
       6. The aircraft instrumentation system of  claim 5 , wherein the controller is further configured to identify the at least one of the airway, the waypoint, the navigation aid, and the airport within the voice communication based on at least one of a flight plan and a current location of the aircraft in which the aircraft instrumentation system is located. 
     
     
       7. The aircraft instrumentation system of  claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to identify an intended recipient of the voice communication. 
     
     
       8. The aircraft instrumentation system of  claim 7 , wherein the controller is further configured to filter the electronic transcript based on the intended recipient of the voice communication. 
     
     
       9. The aircraft instrumentation system of  claim 7 , wherein the controller is further configured to identify the intended recipient based on a call sign in the voice communication. 
     
     
       10. The aircraft instrumentation system of  claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to identify an originator of the voice communication. 
     
     
       11. The aircraft instrumentation system of  claim 10 , wherein the controller is further configured to filter the electronic transcript based on the originator of the voice communication. 
     
     
       12. The aircraft instrumentation system of  claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to translate the voice communication into a predetermined language. 
     
     
       13. An aircraft, comprising:
 a radio device; 
 a display device; and 
 a controller communicatively coupled with the radio device and the display device, the controller configured to:
 monitor the radio device; 
 recognize a voice communication received over the radio device; 
 generate an electronic transcript of the voice communication; 
 identify at least one of airways, waypoints, navigation aids, and airports within the voice communication; and 
 control the display device to display a transcript of the voice communication. 
 
 
     
     
       14. The aircraft of  claim 13 , wherein the controller is further configured to replace spoken word waypoints, spelled out phonetic alphabet waypoints, and combinations thereof in the electronic transcript with standardized waypoint identifiers. 
     
     
       15. The aircraft of  claim 13 , wherein the controller is further configured to identify a call sign based on one of an abbreviated call sign, a variation on the call sign, an end portion of the call sign, and combinations thereof. 
     
     
       16. The aircraft instrumentation system of  claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to filter the voice communication to remove non-standard aviation phrases.